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IRMA Woes

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  • 30-01-2006 4:25pm
    #1
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭


    Hey lads,
    Just wondering does anybody know anyone that has received a caution or prosecution letter from the irma ? If you do, please contact me either in this thread or via pm (if you wish to remain anonymous). If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please checkout http://www.irma.ie


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    #2
    tck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 345 ✭✭tck


    Definitely an interesting subject, someone must know somebody :)

    Be looking forward to finding out what they said :)


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    #3
    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    I know someone who recieved a call a few months back from esat with regards to there downloading a sony movie. Quite spooked them as you can imagine, but for them (and you may be different since its not the isp by the sounds of things) it was a case of cease there activities and if they where reported again there connection would be terminated.

    I'm curious myself as to what will happen to people who's connections are been leeched, I know of one serial downloader who's using an open connection in their apartment block, that would be quite the nasty surprise for the supplier of said connection.


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    #4
    chump
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭chump


    Just wondering if PeerGuardian is suitable protection against people snooping what I'm downloading...?


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    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    I wouldn't count on that. Since peerguardian is only blocking access to your machine. Its not actually hiding you, you may not be sending data to the nodes spying but the fact that they attempt to connect means they are at the very least aware of you :)


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    Peanut
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    Well it would depend on how the p2p software advertises clients on its network, they may just have picked a random-ish IP address to scan.


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    #7
    klash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭klash


    Actually a lot of people i know use the IRMA site.

    http://www.irma.ie/best2005.htm

    Handy to know whats worth buying ....

    :cool:


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    #8
    rogue-entity
    Registered Users Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭rogue-entity


    Just reading the IRMA site, and I spotted this little gem:
    Lobbying at industry, political, civil service, Irish Government and EU levels to protect and enhance the interest of member companies.

    Sounds like and Irish RIAA to me, although more tactful in its handling of piracy issues. Suffice to say, I neither download nor upload music save for buying songs on iTunes.

    I also could not help but notice that all the online music stores, except iTunes, recommended by the IRMA for Ireland, wont let you into the site if you are not using Internet Explorer. A real kick in the balls for non-windows users.
    At least iTunes can be made to work under Linux with wine. *sigh* when will these people learn *sigh*


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    #9
    Peanut
    Registered Users Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭Peanut


    rogue-entity wrote:
    Sounds like and Irish RIAA to me, although more tactful in its handling of piracy issues.
    Yah right :):D
    I guess you missed their other nugget of wisdom whereby they said they weren't going to focus on people ripping CDs to put on their mp3 players for the moment. The arrogance is overwhelming.


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